[Coco] Hardware choice question

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Vern

Tandy on the Coco probably thought the following:

1) Cost and availability
2) designer's preference. 

My guess is designers preference. 

james

On 23 Apr 2005 at 16:06, Vern Burke wrote:

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> Greetings all:
>     With the recent several remarks about UARTs,
> I had an old personal curiosity question resurface.
> Why did RS step out of the 68XX chip family to use
> the 6551 UART instead of the 6850 UART?
> 
> Vern
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